Our Reception class is called Hedgehogs
Our Class teachers are Mrs Jordan and Miss Gibbs
Our Teaching Assistant is Mrs Taylor
Term 2 - What if I danced all night?
Week 2: We will remember them. This week we have been learning about Remembrance Day. We found out why we wear poppies, and the importance of not forgetting, and discussed some of the important people in our own lives that serve in the military. We made our own poppy wreaths and split-pin poppies, counted with poppies, and even made some poppies out of loose parts – poppies everywhere!
We also had a very exciting visitor this week. A huge thank you to Sgt. Purcell who came in and spoke to us about his job in the army, and brought in his army kit and uniform – the children absolutely loved trying it on!
Week 1: Whizz, Bang, Fizz, Pop! This week we have been focusing on the celebration: bonfire night! We made firework patterns, gave sparklers the correct number of beads, learnt about firefighters and the gun powder plot in our small world, and became artists, making fireworks out of play dough and mixing oranges, yellows, and reds to make some beautiful bonfire paintings. What a creative bunch we are!
Term 1
Phonics
Our amazing Hedgehogs are making fantastic progress in their phonics! The children have been working really hard on recognising and pronouncing the phonemes correctly, and we are so proud of the progress they are making. To support their learning, we have created some helpful videos that demonstrate the correct articulation of each phoneme. These videos are a great tool for you to see how we teach phonics and to support your children with accurate pronunciation at home.
Week 6
As we come to the end of our first full term in Hedgehog Class, we’ve had so much to celebrate! This week, we took part in our school’s Harvest Festival with a joyful performance of Dingle Dangle Scarecrow. The children sang and danced with such enthusiasm – we were so proud of their confidence and teamwork on stage. It’s been a fantastic start to our learning journey. The children have settled beautifully into school routines, made new friendships, and grown in independence. We are so impressed with how well they have adapted to life in school. During our learning through play sessions, we’ve been focusing on developing fine motor skills – a key part of early writing and self-care. The children enjoyed activities such as “cutting hair” using paper strips, using tweezers, and other fun challenges to help strengthen those important finger muscles. We’re incredibly proud of everything the children have achieved this term. Well done, Hedgehogs – we can’t wait to see what next term brings!
Week 5
This week, we were inspired by the much-loved story We're Going on a Bear Hunt – but with a twist! The children transformed into superheroes and set off on an exciting villain hunt adventure! Everyone looked fantastic in their superhero costumes, full of energy and imagination. Together, we created a large, interactive 3D map of our journey, bringing each part of the story to life. The children explored descriptive language as they thought about the different sounds we might hear in each area – swishy swashy, squelch squerch, and more! Their creativity really shone through as they designed and made their own superhero capes – each one unique and full of personality. During Learning Through Play, they loved exploring our superhero-themed enhancements, showing confidence, curiosity, and collaboration in every activity. It’s been a week full of storytelling, role play, language development, and most importantly… fun!
Week 4
This week, the children have been learning about real-life superheroes and the special superheroes in their own families. We also met the Invincible Family and helped create forcefields to protect their superhero family! As part of this, we took part in activities to strengthen our shoulder and elbow muscles, helping us build the foundations for becoming confident writers. During Learning Through Play, the children had great fun using a real vintage telephone to call superheroes, carefully using their little fingers to dial the numbers. It was wonderful to see so much imaginative play, creativity and excitement throughout the week!
Week 3
This week, Hedgehogs Class went on an exciting mission to help Supertato catch the mischievous Evil Pea, who had kidnapped Mrs Jordan's vegetables! The children used their fine motor skills to create their own mini Supertatoes, searched the school grounds for clues, and drew maps of their journey using a range of marks to support early writing development. In maths, they enjoyed counting lots of different objects, and in EAD, they explored the work of Giuseppe Arcimboldo before creating their own colourful fruit and vegetable masterpieces. It has been a week full of creativity, problem-solving and fun!
Week 2
We had a very exciting mystery to solve when we discovered that our class friend, Lucy, had disappeared! The children were eager to help and quickly became a team of detectives, carefully following clues that led us to the mischievous Mr. Freeze. Working together, the children shared ideas, designed a clever trap and created fantastic signs, using their developing mark-making and early writing skills. There was great excitement when our plan worked, Mr. Freeze was caught, and Lucy was safely returned to Hedgehogs Class! This fun-filled adventure sparked lots of imagination, teamwork and problem-solving, while creating wonderful memories and learning opportunities for everyone.
The first few weeks
The children in Hedgehogs Class have settled into Reception wonderfully and are already making new friendships and growing in confidence each day. We have enjoyed getting to know one another and have been introduced to our special learning friends: Bee Kind, Sharing Shelley and Listening Lion, who help us to make positive choices, work together and become successful learners. We are very proud of how well the children have adapted to their new school routine and embraced all the exciting learning opportunities in Reception.
